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Shane Victorino hit a go-ahead grand slam in the seventh inning, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Detroit Tigers, 5-2, at Fenway Park on Saturday to win the American League pennant and advance to the World Series.

Michael Wacha allowed just two hits in seven innings, and the St. Louis Cardinals won the N.L. pennant and advanced to the World Series by beating the Los Angeles Dodgers, 9-0, in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series (NLCS) on Friday night.

The Tigers advanced Thursday to join the Red Sox, Dodgers and Cardinals in the field for Major League Baseball's 2013 League Championship Series. Here's a preview of the next round of the baseball playoffs in the National and American leagues:

The Houston Astros, often to referred to as the Lastros, aren't getting much respect from fans as far as TV viewing is concerned. In fact, according to the latest Nielsen ratings from the Houston area, no one - and we mean no one - was watching the struggling Houston Astros on Sunday.

Yankees pitcher Hiroki Kuroda has been on a little bit of a slide. After a fantastic start to the season, Kuroda has lost his last three starts. Thankfully, he's found the issue. It's because he's trying to jam his balls.

With thirteen more names officially added to the list of Major League Baseball players that have been suspended for using performance-enhancing drugs, we can now piece together a pretty (artificially) impressive PED All-Star team!

Update 3:10 p.m. (EST): MLB has released an official statement confirming the suspensions of the players listed below. As for Alex Rodriguez, he will be suspended for 211 games, a period starting Thursday, August 8, and extending through the remainder of this season, the 2013 postseason and the full 2014 regular season. Rodriguez will appeal the suspension.

Major League Baseball will reportedly suspend 12 players for 50 games each for violating the sport's performance-enhancing-drugs policy in connection to a Miami health clinic called Biogenesis. The biggest name in MLB's investigation, three-time MVP Alex Rodriguez, is the only player who plans to appeal his suspension, which is believed to be far larger than the 50 games given to the 12 players who accepted their punishments.

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